Alchemy (event)

Alchemy
Location(s)Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, United States
Inaugurated2007
Most recentOctober 17-20, 2024
Participants2,500 (2024 ticket cap)
Websitewww.alchemyburn.com

Alchemy is a burn event operated according to the 10 Principles of Burning Man held annually in the early fall. Alchemy was first held in 2007 and grew quickly to become the largest regional burn in the United States and second largest in the world in 2012. From 2013 onward, the size was reduced due to logistical limits.

Until 2016, Alchemy was held at Cherokee Farms, a private campground in LaFayette, Georgia, approximately 100 miles northwest of Atlanta. Alchemy 2016 took place in Bowdon, Georgia at Little Big Jam. That year's ticket cap was 2,700.

Alchemy and its sister event Euphoria are now managed by the Georgia non-profit Flashpoint Artists Initiative.[1] They are not sanctioned by Burning Man as part of the regional burn network.

With the exception of a few contracted services, Alchemy and Flashpoint Artists Initiative are 100% volunteer managed.

Year Theme Participants Flags Location
2007 none 374 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2008 none 656 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2009 Shock and Awe 992 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2010 Skeleton Key 1727 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2011 Mutagenesis 2791[2] Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2012 Choose Your Own Adventure 3499 (max. tickets).[3] Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2013 Catalyst 2501 (max. tickets)[4] Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2014 Tabula Rasa 3200 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2015 Amalgamation 3200 6 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2016 Decadence 2700 50 Little Big Jam - Bowdon, GA
2017 Effervescence 1383 100 Chatooga County, GA
2018 Percussive Maintenance 2200 (max. tickets) ? Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2019 Transmutation 2000 50 Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2020 Zoneburg Paranormal Museum & Extraordinary Kinetic Fun Park! 0 (cancelled due to COVID-19) Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2022 Portals 2200 50 Cherokee Farms - Lafayette, GA
2023 Ghost Robot Resurrection 2500 40-70 Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2024 Lighting The Void 2500 80-100 Chattahoochee Hills, GA
  1. ^ "Announcing Flashpoint Artists Initiative (the new Org)". alchemyburn.com. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Alchemy history". alchemyfestival.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Alchemy 2012 Event Report" (PDF). alchemyburn.com. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Alchemy 2013 Event Report" (PDF). alchemyburn.com. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.